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The U.S. Gives Military Aid to Corrupt Countries All the Time


If you take Donald Trump at face value about his infamous phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, which occurred shortly after he mysteriously stopped military aid meant for Ukraine, he was only concerned about sending millions to a country known for corruption. It was just incidentally that he named his political rival’s son, Hunter Biden.He raised an important issue, albeit for ends that congressional Democrats consider impeachable. Military and other security-assistance aid eats up about a third of the U.S. foreign aid budget, which itself has been a target of Trump’s ire. And it has a spotty record—both in …read more

Source:: The Atlantic

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